Asus unveiled the 18-inch Transformer AiO tablet at Computex last week. For many, the device may seem heavy and awkward next to popular tablets such as the 9.7-inch iPad.
“However, it also showcases what an ideal Windows 8 product might look like, and this product has an interesting twist: In tablet mode, it acts as an Android tablet,” notes Rob Enderle for Digital Trends. “Now, getting Windows and Android to play nice is likely a losing game, but what if this product instead ran Windows 8 and Windows RT (the ARM version of Windows 8)? Then it actually could be very interesting.”
“The Asus Transformer AiO is designed to boot two operating systems, and appears to shift from Windows 8 to Android when you pick up the display and turn it into a tablet,” adds Enderle. “If you were to replace Android with Windows RT, it would then switch from Windows 8 x86 to Windows RT, giving you a dedicated tablet experience in tablet mode and a PC experience when it is in its docking platform.”
Enderle also comments that the screen size may not be such a bad idea, since it falls between current tablet and desktop PCs — and may open up new possibilities for the use of tablets, especially if Asus considered replacing Android with Windows RT.
“Like most of you, I doubt this will happen,” he writes. “But were it to have the right backing, the right software, and the right user experience, bigger could be better. Asus, which is a rapidly rising star, could surprise the market.”
Asus unveiled the 18-inch Transformer AiO tablet at Computex last week. For many, the device may seem heavy and awkward next to popular tablets such as the 9.7-inch iPad.
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